Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-23
EDICAL INH A l. A T 10 N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.
orp rprArMrNr OF THE DISEASES

u of the respiratory p sssges con lists in
he employ m-nt OF Me 1cal lnhaiation Tor
its diiect effects on the diseased organs;
and, at the same time, adopting such ny.
gieuic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as Will most ef-
fectually purity the blood, give tine T..
the nervous. system. and baiid up ana
strengthen the general constitution. In
other w rds, we employ combined Local
and general treatmeut
" hat is Medicsal Inhalation? Before
stating briefly. what Medic,l inhalation
Is. we propose, In as few words as pusslole,
10 state clearly VIII at 1t is not.
Medical Inhalation Is not cure-all. O
nostrum, or panacea. 1t is not a specific
rem edy for any disease. 1t Is not quack
uedic ne, or advertised to cure any 9r all
the ills that flesh is heir to. an intended to
fill the pock. Is of its proprietors IL Is no
4 talism an, whose possession insures health
to its possessor without the intervention CT
sense or Judgment. Medical AhEaiatloh Is
none of these things.
Medical I,.halatlon is simply and solely
meth "a OF u king medicines by fnh sllng or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomacn' ny IN,
directly to the seat OF the disease, In the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t is clear to
every reasoning per- on now pecuIlarIy ap
plicsble Inha alton Is in the disorders OF
bu ned the surface of the hod. or wounded
any limb or member, you 40 NOT s"ailoW
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue On the contrary, you apply
II d rectly to the seat OF tns Wouao 3o or IN IN
tar Il of the nasal pas ssa2es or throat, or al
fiicted wi ulceratiO of the lungs. should
you rely ON medicines taken into the
stomach3
proper healing remedies to the seat OF he
disease, but 1t applies the remedy in the
gaseous or vaporous form, In which form,
Is is we'll known, medicines act most power
fully How much greater, for example. IL
the effect of a drachm of chloroform, when
iuhaled or breathed, than many times the
Quantity when sw allowed into the stomach.
he same Is true of chlorine, of iodine. aud
the m Medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
sy. TEN In search of q malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
method the proper rsemeay is HyPl,eo WPn a,,nr us
studyi g the anotomy OF the iungs can
dou 1T that Inflammation and liberation Of
the air-tubes and nircells, the direc app l.
cation of the healing medlcine by lphaIa
ton to the die sed p rts, is the correct and
rational method OF treatment? VINO, on
the other hand, can be SO irrational as to
be ieve that the proper and direct way 70
reach the diseased surfaces OF me IT.
passages in this case, Is by the way OF the
stomsch? Phi, siOlogy teaches us that The
membrane, O. skin, lining the air-passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, is only
slightly modified form of the same structure
as thai which covers the external surface
of t, G BODY Whv, then, should local treat
ment e proper and necessary for fniiam
nations, concessions and ulceralions OF the
one and not be equally SO In the case OF the
other?
diseases of the noe, throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases is
that tteatme ut which combines Inc local
effects of medical inhalation with the cou-
stitutionsl effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach.
o Q or both methods must be ADOPTED as
he circumstances demand, ana such RENE
dies must be employed as the exper eh'e
and jud gme mt of the physician have proved
to be- proper in each particular case.
rIedica, dycC a ses OF In I'M lntiOn
PHYSICIANS who were educated TIVE ty
wear ago or m re, and who have not kept
~ with the times in the advance IN meul-
ca, scien e, have veryl tile idea OF the great
imp rt nee al leadi G. writers now sive TO
Medical Inhalation III the trea ment OF pui'
MOI ary diseases 10 such au eX cut Is this
true that no patient should intrust MS Gas
TO auy pbysicIan v ho is not well prepared
and tn roughly equipped with everyth!hg
necessary for the commissioning OF the
proper remedies by the method VI lhhaia-
IiOD.
The numerous cures effected by inhala,
lalion in cases seemingly past all help. and
the uniform success attending Its US In
diseases of the respiratory organs, ienue 10
at onee apply himself to gain practical
knowledge OF the Iuhalaiion. or, II that Is
not possible, he is at least bound TO decline
to treat such cases. -.
the age wh are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
the following: ,,,
DR. La Roche, OF the Paris academy OF
Medicine; Dr. Frederick Langhaus, OF B,i-
| i'm; Drs. Klebs and Tommasi-Cru Tell; SIR
Arch bald DICKSON, of Edinburgh, Scot and
| DR.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron DR.. Gurdon BueK'
Prot; Albert " hert the asSIs ceiSnsd1ga nT Rnb n
ert Dickinson, Prof. Thierfeldsr. spencer
Wells, DR.. Hilton Fllsggs. DR. g. T, W.2d'
Drs. friisch and Hitfig Or FotheIgill, Dr'
Richard thompson, rr;,l Dr; r. nnrsaur Ua,penier'
Krauss Huguenie, Heller, Orth, Corrisah'
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely single exception every
medical authoity of eminence recognlze'
| the wonderful pote ncy of this new meth q,
| and the coming generation OF phy-icians
are certain to be thoroughly educated
| therein. At present 1t Is only few physl'
clans here aud there who have made DIS.
| eases of Respiration" a life study IN are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
| resources of Medical Inhalation In the cure
of these diseases.
The Durability OF Consumption
| For FIVE years the celebrated DR.. l. H
Bennet waa pathologist to the yal In
| frmsry of Edinburgh, and in his gre9
work on Consumption" he makes the fol
lowing statement:
During this period l made upwards o.
| 1000 ost-mortem examinations of persons
dying from various diseases, and wal
cobs antly meeting with cases in which
found cavities in the lungs from consump
ton. which had evidently healed up O.
cicatIiz ed years before the death of tn
subject. Nature did not seem to have be- eI
success full in restoring the wasted lung
| substance, but the cavities were dried up
| he progress of the disease ARE sted, ant
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power 1t is true, but otherwise In goot
health"